Jim Thompson thanks Japan’s Mayor of Yokohama

February 6, 2015

On February 4, we reached our 50th anniversary and celebrations took place across the globe.

Crown’s Founder, Jim Thompson thanks the Yokohama Mayor
for hosting us for 50 years

Back in 1965, Jim Thompson started Crown from a tiny cubicle in Yokohama, Japan. To say thank you to the city for hosting us for 50 years, Jim presented the Mayor of Yokohama, Fumiko Hayashi, with special tributes in the Japanese city. Still today, Japan is one of our key markets and remains a special place to both Jim and Crown.

The first tribute was a specially-designed Happi coat that incorporates a ginkgo leaf design, a symbol of longevity in Japan, and the other was an exclusive art work painted by seven-year-old Barbora Mrvisova of the Slovak Republic for the Kids Earth Fund, a charity that raises money to help children who suffer from the result of war, poverty and environmental contamination. The money donated for this artwork will go to a school in Cambodia that supports children with HIV.

The “Crown story” is an interesting one, which you can read for yourself here.